http://www.tech-blog.org/ en-us Technology and Consumer Electronics News An uprising by the software geeks who create apps for the Apple iPhone has forced Steve Jobs, the company's chief executive, into a rare and humiliating public climbdown. Five months after Apple ... http://www.tech-blog.org/software-news/cluster100472/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:16:24 EST 100472 A robot deceives an enemy soldier by creating a false trail and hiding so that it will not be caught. While this sounds like a scene from one of the Terminator movies, it's actually the scenario ... http://www.tech-blog.org/robotics-news/cluster100508/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:16:07 EST 100508 The order brings a brief reprieve for scientists and the NIH, though many uncertainties remain. A federal appeals court temporarily suspended an injunction, issued last month, that had halted ... http://www.tech-blog.org/internet-news/cluster100014/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:17:23 EST 100014 Tweet this, Ashton Kutcher, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Just because you have a ton of followers on Twitter doesn't necessarily mean you're among the most influential people in the Twitterverse, ... http://www.tech-blog.org/internet-news/cluster100562/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:46:37 EST 100562 Computer vision systems can struggle to make sense of a single image, but a new method devised by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University enables computers to gain a deeper understanding ... http://www.tech-blog.org/computer-sciences-news/cluster100514/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:46:24 EST 100514 Google has yet again revolutionized internet search. This time by providing search algorithms that are so intuitive search results appear before you have finished typing in your query. http://www.tech-blog.org/internet-news/cluster100236/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:16:27 EST 100236 As speech recognition systems become more commonplace - on the computer desktop top, at the call centre and even in the car - it is increasingly important to ensure that the voice signal is ... http://www.tech-blog.org/computer-sciences-news/cluster100578/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:16:19 EST 100578 Modified yeast could help make ethanol from hard-to-digest materials. Genes copied from a common fungus could simplify the production of ethanol from abundant materials such as grass and wood ... http://www.tech-blog.org/energy-news/cluster100672/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:16:19 EST 100672 Best Buy said Thursday that it will begin selling Amazon's Kindle electronic reader this year, making the US consumer electronics giant the third brick-and-mortar US store to offer the device. http://www.tech-blog.org/consumer-gadgets-news/cluster100546/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:16:49 EST 100546 Numerous CCTV systems are in use in public places which have the capacity to gather large amounts of image material. For the time being, however, there are no effective ways to analyze the mass ... http://www.tech-blog.org/computer-sciences-news/cluster100540/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:46:32 EST 100540